Coruscates

/ˈkɔːrəskeɪts/ verb

Definition

Flashes or sparkles with brilliant light; exhibits a bright, glittering quality.

Etymology

Third-person singular present of coruscare (Latin). The verb form describing the ongoing or habitual action of coruscating, the shining quality attributed to bright objects.

Kelly Says

In Victorian literature, writers would describe diamonds as coruscating to evoke that sense of expensive luxury—today we might just say 'sparkly,' but the old word carries more poetic weight.

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